Language Arts , Vol. 83 No. 2, November 2005 96 The children in Ruth’s fourth/fifth- grade classroom had been engaged for weeks in a literacy project in which they researched and shared an aspect of their cultural background. The chil- dren interviewed their parents, consulted books and the Internet, wrote reports, gathered artifacts, cre- ated art projects, and, finally, put together a poster presentation to share with peers from other classrooms. The project seemed to be an important curricular move in this highly diverse urban classroom. Ruth wanted to demonstrate that knowledge from home cultures is valued, allow children time to share that knowledge with one another, and make visible the rich Multiracial Identities in the Literacy Classroom Elizabeth Dutro Elham Kazemi Ruth Balf The Aftermath of “You’re Only Half”: Multiracial Identities in the Literacy Classroom Children grapple with the complexities of race and what it means to claim membership in racial categories.